Vacancy Reference
JOB002698
Job Title
KS2 Teacher
Job Start Date
1 April 2025
Salary Range
MPR/UPR
Hours Per Week
32.5
School Address
Ward End Primary School
Ingleton Road
Birmingham
B8 2RA
Telephone number: 0121 464 5424
Contact Email
enquiry@wardend.org.uk
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
6 January 2025, midday
Job Information

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a KS2 Teacher to join our team at Ward End Primary School. Starting April 2025 or earlier if possible.

We are seeking an experienced, talented and professional who shares our vision of high aspirations and achievement with a passion for learning. You will be innovative and creative in your teaching and be a strong team player. We are a Reading School- you will have a passion for reading and developing this fully within the curriculum and more widely.

Ward End is a 4 form Primary School with a 52 place Nursery and 18 place Resource Base.

What we are looking for:

  • experience of working in KS2
  • be dynamic, enthusiastic and motivated to high standards for success
  • be able to develop positive relationships with the team and our young children
  • be able to develop an understanding of the educational, welfare and social needs of the children whom we are supporting
  • be able to stay calm and objective when presented with challenges
  • be enthusiastic and committed to working as part of a team
  • be a confident and clear communicator with parents
  • a commitment to raise the achievement of all students of all abilities

Please come for a look around!

Vacancy not open to ECTs.

Interviews w/c 16 January 2025

Safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:
enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
References
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Short-listed candidates
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
How to submit your application
Please note that offline application forms will not be considered - please submit an online application via the link above.